Conan's other self

The game thoughtfully prepared a way for them to return to London.

Conan, under the guise of Lestrade Police Department and Holmes, asked them to follow him into a carriage. It happened that the other party also needed someone to go to the city to report the situation.

The train only traveled for about twenty minutes, and the carriage was faster than expected. However, by the time they rushed back to the safety of Scotland Yard to meet Ayumi and others, it was almost early morning.

As for Ayumi, in order to repay Mitsuhiko's life-saving grace when they were at the opera house, Kikukawa Seiichiro was hit by a pillar while saving Ayumi and was eliminated on the spot, so they had three fewer people than at the beginning.

Moreover, they had been in the game for almost a day. After thinking about it, they decided to go to the agency near the poker club in the city center overnight.

Because it was waterproof, Conan jumped directly into the fountain pool and put the ring into the groove. A clear clicking sound soon came from below.

"..."

"Why is there no change at all?" After waiting for a while, the imagined secret passage was not opened, so Sonoko couldn't help but said.

"Hey, you're wearing glasses," Hideki Morohoshi said, "Isn't it a mistake?"

"This should be what is in Holmes's notebook..."

"The smell in the air has become a little thinner." Haibara Ai expressed his opinion, and Feng Yuan expressed his support.

Just after the mechanism was activated, the indescribable smell was almost obviously getting lighter.

"I know!" Conan said, "Previously, the Lestrade Police Department said that part of the magic fog on Baker Street came up from underground pipes... It should be the same here. The mechanism is probably used to turn off the underground pipes... However, the magic fog is coming from underground pipes... The fog dissipated too quickly..."

"It's a game after all!"

"Yeah!" Mitsuhiko said after Ayumi, "This was also the case in previous games, because it was necessary to reduce the player's ineffective waiting time..."

"After all, it's impossible for us to stay here for several days. Why don't we give it a try?"

Heading towards the Poker Club, they soon encountered several drunks and homeless people on the road. According to the previous routine, these were obviously enemies, but now these people just stared at them with strange eyes and did not pounce directly.

But it wasn't all smooth sailing. There were still some criminals who suddenly attacked them, but the frequency and intensity were much lower than before.

Even though Xiaolan, the main combatant, was lost, after completing the Jack the Ripper incident, the combat effectiveness of their group has also been greatly improved, so they came to the Poker Club smoothly.

The lights are bright here, someone is playing cards inside, and the whole building looks like the most normal place we've ever walked.

Colonel Moran was inside.

He was sitting on one side of a long, exquisitely carved table, playing black jack with the man opposite, with a pile of chips placed in front of both of them. However, Colonel Moran obviously did not want a fair fight. One of his monkeys was squatting behind the opponent and using the raisins in the fruit plate to help him cheat.

The main seat of this long table is now empty, with a neat and clean tablecloth, a bottle of expensive red wine and wine glasses on it.

From the outside, everything inside seemed normal. He didn't seem to notice their arrival, nor did he feel any changes in the magic mist. So Conan planned to sneak in first to check the situation, but Hideki Morohoshi rushed in directly. Go in.

The battle soon began.

After a while.

"...Why didn't this guy disappear?"

Looking at Colonel Moran who was lying on the ground and temporarily fainted, Mitsuhiko said breathlessly.

There are not many enemies in the Poker Club, but their intensity is very high. Jiang Shouhuang and Takizawa Susumu also used their last command spell in the battle just now, and Sonoko and Morohoshi Hideki also used one.

With their combined efforts, the enemies turned into white light and disappeared into the air, but Colonel Moran in front of them stubbornly stayed in place.

"You should be asking him about Moriarty's location. Really, I just told you to be gentle and you didn't listen. Now wake him up first..."

"What if he still fights after he wakes up?" Jiang Shouhuang asked. Yuantai was not here, and now he, the heaviest man, was sitting on Mo Lan - Yuanzi, of course, refused to do such a thing.

"Ah! I remember seeing a roll of rope over there just now!" Mitsuhiko suddenly thought of something and ran towards the bar, "I'm going to get the rope right now!"

Then Ayumi and Mitsuhiko skillfully tied up Colonel Moran, and Conan woke him up.

"Smelly brat——"

"Hey, you are already a prisoner now!" Yuanzi said dissatisfiedly, hands on hips.

"Where is Moriarty now?" Conan asked directly, "Or, when will he come?"

Colonel Moran was stunned for a moment, as were the others.

"How do you know——"

"Because of this." Fengyuan said, throwing down the red wine in his hand, and then caught it steadily. Colonel Moran's eyes were fixed on the bottle, and his head moved up and down slightly with his gaze.

"Exquisitely decorated chairs and carefully prepared red wine can make you, the second-in-command of the London underworld, take second place. Who else but Moriarty?"

"Not to mention that you specifically moved away from the table when you were fighting. When your men were knocked down by me, you still held the red wine tightly in your arms."

Conan and Fengyuan each explained one sentence at a time, while the others showed expressions of realization, and Colonel Moran's expression was a bit ugly.

At this time, the door of the club was suddenly pushed open.

A tall, thin elderly man dressed well opened the door and walked into the club. He lowered the brim of his hat and bowed slightly.

"Excuse me, everyone." The voice of the visitor was low but very clear, "Sir Moriarty said he wants to see you."

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

"He is waiting for you on the carriage." The visitor lowered his hat brim and bowed again, as if to invite them, "Please come this way."

"Please wait!" Colonel Moran, who was tied up, suddenly shouted, looking a little panicked, "I——"

"You want to disobey Lord Moriarty?"

The elderly man who had just turned around and walked outside turned slightly and glanced sideways into the room, his tone and eyes extremely cold. Colonel Moran swallowed and subconsciously closed his mouth.

Conan glanced at Colonel Moran with some surprise, and then heard Maplehara's voice.

"why not?"

Feng Yuan's voice was also very soft but clear, and Colonel Moran looked at him with disbelief.

"Now that you're here..."

Fengyuan took the red wine, took an unbroken glass from the bar, and sat on the carefully decorated chair beside the long table, "There's no need to go to such trouble, right?"

"Professor Moriarty!" Conan, who had been a little suspicious just now, reacted instantly.

"Moriarty?" Everyone was also surprised.

The old man laughed softly, turned around, took off his hat, and walked towards the long table. The steady sound of his footsteps on the wooden floor made you hold your breath and keep quiet.

"I didn't expect to be seen through right away," Moriarty pulled out his chair and sat across from Feng Yuan, "How did you find out?"

"You have to punish Colonel Moran properly." Maplehara opened the red wine and poured himself a glass. "Who else can make him use honorifics and show a scared expression besides Professor Moriarty?"

"Not bad, really good!" Moriarty laughed again, "Did Sherlock Holmes send you here?"

"That's right," Fengyuan hesitated but didn't drink the red wine. It's not good for children to drink. "He said it's time to end it."

Hearing this, Moriarty stood up again and walked out the door.

"Tell Holmes that I will be waiting for him at sunrise at the highest point in the world. He alone."

He just walked out of the club under the gaze of everyone, and the air suddenly became quiet for a while.

"This guy is so powerful that I don't even dare to speak," Sonoko said. She didn't even feel this way when meeting the Prime Minister. "Aren't we going to knock him down? Why did you just let him run away like this?"

You just said it yourself that you didn’t even dare to say anything, and now you’re saying why don’t we rush forward...

Conan complained in his mind, and then cast an envious look at Feng Yuan. Just as he liked Sherlock Holmes, he also liked Moriarty, but he just didn't have the nerve to interrupt the conversation between the two.

"He is very strong." Morohoshi Hideki suddenly said.

"Yes," Fengyuan agreed, "and we have just experienced the battle, and there are other men of his outside."

"Then... it was just a mission reminder, right?" Mitsuhiko analyzed from the side, "We need to let Holmes go to see Moriarty..."

His voice grew quieter.

Holmes is not here.